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Answers to Exercise 6:1. The train travels faster than the bus. 2. In the morning, the sun shone more brightlythan in the afternoon. 3. The footpath runs straighter than the road. 4. Joe sings worsethan Rick. 5. I got up earlier than you did. 6. The wild deer came nearer than I hadexpected. 7. Her son plays the violin better than her daughter does. 8. Captain Cooksailed farther than Columbus did. 9. You are later than the others. 10. The stream flowsmore swiftly than the river. 11. She studies harder than her classmates. 12. The projectwas completed more successfully than we had anticipated.Answers to Exercise 7:1. As the evening wore on, we spoke less and less animatedly. 2. The spectatorscheered more and more loudly. 3. The chirping of the crickets disturbed us less andless. 4. As he grew older, he walked farther and farther. 5. The new shuttle servicefunctioned more and more reliably. 6. The sun shone less and less intensely. 7. As Ibecame tired, I wrote more and more slowly. 8. The boy learned to read better andbetter.Answers to Exercise 8:1. She understood the lesson the most readily of all the pupils in the class. 2. This kiteflies the worst of all the kites I have ever made. 3. That train leaves the earliest of allthe trains departing from this station. 4. Last night it snowed the hardest of any night inthe year. 5. The potato field produces the least of all the fields on the farm. 6. Thishighway runs the straightest of all the highways in the country. 7. She speaks the mostquietly of all the people I know. 8. The bass sings the lowest of all the singers. 9. Eaglesfly the highest of all the birds which live in the mountains. 10. She prepares meals thebest of all the students in the class. 11. They regard his proposal the most favorably ofall the proposals they have received. 12. Bill ran the farthest of all the boys. 13. Hisarrow came the nearest to the center of the target. 14. This bus travels the most slowlyof all the buses.Answers to Exercise 9:1. fastest 2. vividly 3. more enthusiastically 4. most diligently 5. less 6. moreconvi ncingly 7. intelligibly 8. better 9. most impressively 10. more 11. widely 12. morethoroughly 13. best 14. rapidly 15. more neatly 16. fartherCHAPTER 26. PREPOSITIONSThe words at, in, of, on and to are examples of prepositions. A word such as a noun,pronoun or gerund following a preposition is said to be the object of the preposition. Aspointed out previously, a personal pronoun following a preposition must be in theobjective case.A phrase beginning with a preposition can be referred to as a prepositional phrase. Theprepositional phrases in the followi ng examples are underlined.e.g. He owns the house on the corner.We are waiting for her.She has read many books about flyi ng.